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Investigating the argument quality of middle school students on a socioscientific issue :|effect of local versus global context

Can, Emine Beyza. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2021., 2021.)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the socioscientific issue (SSI) context (local vs global) on the argument quality of 8th grade middle school students. The participants of the study are 69 eighth ...
Exploring the representation of the nature of science in science textbooks

Okan, Beyza. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2021., 2021.)

This study relies on the Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach to Nature of Science (RFN) (Erduran & Dagher, 2014a; Kaya & Erduran, 2016). The study aims to examine the representation of NOS in 5th, 6th, 7th and ...
Mentoring practices in pre-service mathematics teacher education within the context of pedagogical formation programs

Civan, Berna Sena. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2020., 2020.)

The main purpose of this research is to examine mentoring practices within the context of pedagogical formation program in teaching mathematics in Turkey from the perspectives of three stakeholders of mentoring: supervisors, ...
The importance of equal sign understanding in 4th and 5th grades :|a mixed method study

Çaksen, Beyzanur. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2020., 2020.)

The aim of the current study was to investigate fourth and fth grade students' equal sign conceptions in the light of the revised Turkish mathematics curriculum (MoNE, 2018) that includes newly added objectives related ...
The noticing skills of novice mathematics teachers who have different teacher perspectives

Yıldırım, Kübra. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2020., 2020.)

The aim of this study was to investigate novice teachers' perspectives and noticing skills simultaneously in order to determine the relation between them. To examine the research question \What are the noticing skills of ...
Exploration of effective professional development characteristics from the perspective of integrated teaching project's coordinator, facilitator, and participants

Kurutaş, Büşra Sümeyye. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2020., 2020.)

It is quite important for policy makers and practitioners to invest in the most efficient learning environment for teachers to reinforce their learning and ultimately student achievement. Even though scholars are aware of ...
Investigating the role of computerized assessment and other correlates on students' science performance in PISA 2015

Arpacı, Sümeyye. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2020., 2020.)

The aim of this study is to explore possible reasons for the decline in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 average science scores. Until 2015, the test was paper-based, but in 2015, for the rst ...
An examination of STEAM teacher competencies

Beşkese, Münire Berna. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

The purpose of this study was to investigate how STEAM teachers conceptualize, define, and actualize what it means to be a STEAM teacher. A phenomenological research which is one of the qualitative methods was followed. A ...
Teaching reconceptualized family resemblance approach to nature of science in lower secondary classroom

Çilekrenkli, Ayşegül. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

Erduran and Dagher’s (2014) Reconceptualized Family Resemblance Approach to Nature of Science (RFN) is a relatively new approach in teaching nature of science (NOS). The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness ...
Design, implementation and evaluation of a learning content management system

Şimşek, Hüseyin. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)

Learning content management systems (LCMS) are designed to enable subject matter experts to design, to create, to deliver and to measure the result of e-learning courses quickly. LCMS applications offer a scalable platform ...
A model for developing the multiplication of complex numbers

Tekin, Deniz. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

This study investigated a prospective mathematics teacher’s development of the multiplication of complex numbers in Cartesian, vector and polar forms during an instructional sequence involving quantitative reasoning. The ...
Investigating mathematics teacher educators' subject matter knowledge for teaching informal line of best fit

Günbak, Jale. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

In this study, I investigated eleven mathematics teacher educators’ subject matter knowledge for teaching regarding the informal line of best fit. I specifically examined what conceptions and placement criteria for the ...
Non-routine problem solving processes of Turkish mathematically gifted students

Öztelli Ünal, Damla. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

This study aimed to investigate the problem solving processes of Turkish mathematically gifted students when they engaged in solving non-routine mathematical problems. In accordance with the nature of the study, case study ...
High and middle school science, mathematics and computer science teachers' perceptions and attitudes about teacher colaboration

Öztekin, Utku. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

Collaborative working skills is one of the most important dimensions for improv ing instructional quality through STEM and 21st century skills. Based on an action research guided by explanatory sequential mixed-method ...
Investigation of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies used by gifted students while learning science

Koçoğlu, Merve. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

In this study, a group of students who were identified as gifted were investigated to have a deeper understanding of their self-regulated learning skills. 32 gifted students were investigated while they were trying to learn ...
Assessment conceptions of Turkish mathematics teachers of international middle years programme (MYP)

Özcan, Merve. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate Middle Years Programme (MYP) Mathematics Teachers conceptions of assessment. It was also aimed at ﬁnd ing out the relationship between teachers’ conceptions of assessment, ...
The effect of sociomathematical norms and technology integrated instruction on 6th grade students understanding of altitude

Senger, Ezgi. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

This action research study was designed to improve students’ conceptual under standing of the concept of the altitude. For this purpose, an instruction was designed in the environment enriched with sociomathematical norms ...
An ethnographic research: the cultural portraits of middle school mathematics classrooms in an international school

Çorlu, Mehmet Sencer. (Thesis (M.S.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2006., 2006.)

The reality that classrooms are becoming more multicultural each day, partly due to globalisation, has changed the classroom cultures from the way they were in the past. Classrooms in international schools are extreme ...
Mathematical quality of geometry instruction of a novice high school teacher

Semercioğlu Kapçak, Buket. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

The aim of this study is to examine the quality of geometry instruction of a novice high school mathematics teacher and the factors that aﬀect her instruction. The quality of the geometry instruction of a participant who ...
Exploring the relationship between college students' understanding of particle theory of matter and their conceptual understanding of vapor pressure

İşcan, Meltem. (Thesis (M.S.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2019., 2019.)

This mixed method study mainly explores the association between first-year college students’ understanding of particulate nature of matter (PNM) and their understanding of vapor pressure. The goal was to identify and ...

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